Scuba Diving accident broken low pressure hose, Mexico Riviera Maya 2013

The hose failed at the point where the hose protector ended; that's a common point of stress, and why hoses should be CAREFULLY inspected before every dive, and replaced regularly even if no damage is visible.

good job from the other diver doing a quick assessment and handing him his octopus and keeping everone calm. shallow water helped out. I've had a burst disk blow out at 180 with no dive buddy. Stayed calm and changed to my pony. Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy! Especially when solo diving. Glad this wemt well.

Proper maintenance on your equipment can prevent this always have regs and bc checked one a year even if I haven't been diving in while its your life that you are putting on this equipment. But props to the dive leader and the other divers for keeping the diver calm cool and collected

I've just turned 13 (Jr OWD at 10 Jr RD at 12). Worlds 2nd youngest Rescue diver ever! Just because I'm a child diver doesn't automatically mean I need special attention to. I've already had to rescue someone while diving in Egypt. I've seen many adults mess up while diving, one nearly fatal. Mainly because of camera distractions. So whoever says kids aren't good divers is stereotypical. In fact, I see a big gap in the age of training. Some start young, some start older but it is very uncommon for me to dive (in a group) with other people my age to up to around 21-22. My word of advice is diving accidents are rare, in fact, you're more likely to die from a champagne cork then diving. As long as you follow your training. It is very hard for something to go wrong and it is down to that individual of whatever age whether they surface with someone breathing for them or they're breathing on their own

Low- pressure hose not that big of a deal,it seems worse than it is. I once had a high- pressure hose blow on me and yes its loud , bubbles are everywhere . When I got back home I hooked it up to a tank and it took me 45 minutes on the surface to breathe it down to 500psi so it is not as bad as it seems. Good Job tho no panic and acted properly

A good example of dealing with an incident. Well managed, no panic, nice and calm, shared air and safe ascent.

…You aren't a diver are you? They are buddy breathing after the initial hose bursting and they handled the situation quite well. This is a good example of why people dive with buddies or carry a pony tank and back up regulator for solo divers. Shit happens and you damn well better have a backup plan for when it does.

This is why it's important to keep close from our buddy.
Everything was done properly and as expected.
This video should be used as an example of what we have learned and what to do when there is an emergency situation.

well done for staying calm guys, good protocols used in remaining calm AND close to your buddy, good recheck on spg now make a controlled accent with your buddy arms interlocked and use secondary on way up, remember your safety stop at 5 mt if air allows

the hose that controls the air that goes into your BCD ( the jacket that holds the tank and air to help keep you neutrally buoyant) got a cut in it. they turned off the guys air when he go the secondary regulator from his buddy and then started an emergency ascent.

Excellent job making good choices during a real emergency! Even checking your gauges once on your buddy's backup regulator.

Good guys. Handled it well, great to see third guy with pare reg out just in case. Well done!

I dive with a redundant 19 cf bottle with extra reg. these guys remained calm and handled the emergency….